Support (Second Update)

Chapter 182: Support (Second Update)

"Anya seemed to have been violated by a pervert."

Anya sat up, wrapped in strips of cloth, and stared blankly at Xu Yue. Her tone was utterly flat. Perhaps due to Mariana’s Geass, she was severely lacking in emotional fluctuations.

Even at a time like this, her little face remained completely expressionless.

"Don’t let your little head get so dirty. I’ll find you some clothes later; make do with this for now."

Xu Yue reached out, undid his coat, and tossed it over Anya’s head, covering her up. He then got up and walked toward V.V, whose disposal had been temporarily put on hold. This Geass had been quite handy back in the Chinese Federation.

But now, things were more or less dealt with. The Code was about to be his as well…

Code: A special ability capable of connecting with the World Will. Under the corresponding World Will, it grants immortality and eternal youth. In this world, once during each interval between mission scenarios, it can grant another person a Geass ability (Geass abilities are likewise only effective in the current world). After leaving its original world, the immortality effect is removed, leaving only longevity.

After stripping off V.V’s clothes and engraving the rune representing the Code onto his arm, Xu Yue successfully received the Space’s notification.

Xu Yue had paid quite a price for this Code. The entire Chinese Federation storyline had been rewritten, so it naturally counted as a mission reward.

As for the note that Geass was only effective in the current world, Xu Yue could understand it. Without C World as support, Geass simply had no opportunity or conditions to activate.

Of course, that only applied to Geass he granted himself. If a Reincarnator obtained Geass through a Space-recognized channel, then after paying the protection fee, they should still be able to use it in other Spaces. Though ordinary Geass would be pretty damn useless against someone like him.

Still, one part of the ability description caught Xu Yue’s attention.

World Will?

In other words, theoretically, Code users in other worlds might also have a chance to sense the World Will? It was probably a buff granted by the Reincarnation Space.

In theory, it should be a perception ability similar to Force Sense. If one could gain the World Will’s recognition, perhaps there would be other rewards.

As for the already rather useless "immortality" ability, Xu Yue had not expected much from it to begin with. In his eyes, it was even worse than Hidan’s. If you were chopped to pieces, you could not recover quickly. It was inferior to even the Sage Body’s pseudo-immortality.

Now that his lifespan problem had been resolved, and he no longer needed to worry that excessive use of the Sage Body’s self-healing ability would shorten his life, the Sage Body’s formidable recovery power was far better in Xu Yue’s eyes than the "immortality" of Code or Hidan.

What Xu Yue cared about was only "longevity"!

Yet Xu Yue discovered that although he had indeed obtained the power of longevity, and the persistent feeling of emptiness within him had indeed been filled, he still felt as though something was missing. That bothered him slightly.

But for now, this world was as far as he could go. The urgent matter before him had already been resolved, and whatever was still missing could only be studied later.

The use of the Outer Path: Reincarnation of Heavenly Life Technique had to be treated with the utmost caution.

"The priority of trust Mariana can offer only goes this far. The other ruins do not matter, but Kaminejima Island must be brought under our control first…"

After taking V.V’s Code, Xu Yue led the still somewhat confused Anya toward Luoyang in the Chinese Federation…

Because the Black Knights had built up enough fame, they also gained the secret support of Japan’s major financial conglomerate, the Kyoto Six Houses.

This great financial conglomerate had ostensibly chosen submission, but secretly supported nearly every resistance organization. Its foundations were exceptionally deep.

Whether it was Japan’s domestically produced Burai units or the special Guren unit configured for ace pilot Kallen, both made the Reincarnators of Sun Lin’s Squad drool endlessly.

Even Sun Lin of the Kengge Clan was staring wide-eyed at the special unit, Guren.

Still, she knew perfectly well that there was no way she could obtain that thing. Now she only hoped for a chance to get a Burai unit and bring it back to the Space.

If she could really bring one back, even her brother would be proud of her.

As veterans of the Black Knights, Xu Yue and Sun Lin naturally received a Burai each. Although they only had usage rights within this Space, it greatly increased their combat capabilities for this mission.

The others were also veterans and originally qualified to receive one, but they had not paid to learn how to pilot, had not bribed an instructor to get a license, and did not possess a skill recognized by the little booklet issued by the Space.

Sorry, no money, no fucking mech for you…

"This time, Cornelia moved too suddenly. She launched a direct attack on Mount Narita. Though the Japanese Liberation Front has decayed, it still needs to exist for the time being."

Because pressure from all sides had made Cornelia move faster than in the original story, Lelouch only learned of the situation after the war had already broken out. He could no longer make preparations in advance as he had in the storyline.

In the original story, Lelouch relied on Guren’s radiation waves to vaporize the spring water inside the mountain, creating a natural weapon in the form of a mudslide. Combined with the ambush he had prepared beforehand, he defeated Cornelia in one stroke.

Now Mount Narita had already been sealed off. Getting inside alone required considerable effort, never mind setting an ambush.

And with the Black Knights’ current resources, confronting them head-on would be like striking a stone with an egg. Not only would they fail to save anyone, they would get themselves dragged down as well.

"If he had not left his post without authorization, we should have learned of this intelligence long ago."

Wu Mo was still the one who voiced his dissatisfaction with Xu Yue, believing that Xu Yue should have provided intelligence according to their contract.

Yet the contract clearly stated that Xu Yue would only provide intelligence while he was at the Governor-General’s Mansion. He had been staying here for a long time, grinding missions with them, and had not gone over there in ages.

"Actually, we still have a chance."

Xu Yue ignored Wu Mo and spoke instead to Zero, Lelouch’s alter ego.

"Oh? What chance do you mean?"

Lelouch already had his own idea in mind, but upon hearing a suggestion from his most reliable subordinate, he still intended to hear his thoughts and see whether they had thought of the same thing.

"Cornelia herself is an ace pilot, and she likes to lead from the front. Though both she and the personal guard protecting her are highly skilled pilots, that does not change the fact that their numbers are limited."

Xu Yue answered seriously, and his words struck directly at Lelouch’s heart.

Unable to make preparations in advance, yet wanting to intervene and win a battle despite being weaker, capturing the leader was undoubtedly the most suitable method.

Moreover, Cornelia’s combat style made such a method possible.

The only concern now was how to bypass the main force of the stationed army and use enough troops to suppress Cornelia and her personal guard in order to decapitate them!

"Regarding that, I think we can fully exploit Cornelia’s own character flaws and lure her into an ambush…"

Lelouch also approved of Xu Yue’s proposal. He had already entertained a similar idea, and because he possessed Geass, his considerations were even more tailored to his own abilities.

As long as they followed his plan, separating Cornelia from the main force and luring her into an ambush was indeed feasible…

Second update. Third update coming soon…